Which hard drive for laptop?

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Howdy,

I have an HP ze5400 series laptop that needs a new hard drive. It
has a Toshiba 60gb in it now. I ordered one from NewEgg cause they
had two Toshiba 60 gigers. One was a SATA and the other was a Serial
ATA, which I now know are the same damn thing!!!! I got the wrong
one. So, obviously, I need to order an IDE hard drive, but the only
thing I can find (with a reasonable price) are ATA-6 drives. Is this
the same interface as a Ide or PATA for a laptop?? Will it work for
this laptop? This is the one I'm looking at:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152034&Tpk=hm060hc

Thanks.
 
The Seabat said:
I have an HP ze5400 series laptop that needs a new hard drive. It
has a Toshiba 60gb in it now. I ordered one from NewEgg cause they
had two Toshiba 60 gigers. One was a SATA and the other was a Serial
ATA, which I now know are the same damn thing!!!! I got the wrong
one. So, obviously, I need to order an IDE hard drive, but the only
thing I can find (with a reasonable price) are ATA-6 drives. Is this
the same interface as a Ide or PATA for a laptop?? Will it work for
this laptop? This is the one I'm looking at:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152034&Tpk=hm060hc
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Yes. Just find one for IDE, EIDE, PATA, or ATA.

A 5400 RPM laptop HD is middle of the road. If you want performance, go for a
7200 RPM HD. Stay away from the 4200 RPM cheapies.
 
Thanks, John. That clears that up. It looked for a minute there like
hard drives were going the AMD route of model obfuscation. Thanks
again.
 
The Seabat said:
Howdy,

I have an HP ze5400 series laptop that needs a new hard drive. It
has a Toshiba 60gb in it now. I ordered one from NewEgg cause they
had two Toshiba 60 gigers. One was a SATA and the other was a Serial
ATA, which I now know are the same damn thing!!!! I got the wrong
one. So, obviously, I need to order an IDE hard drive, but the only
thing I can find (with a reasonable price) are ATA-6 drives. Is this
the same interface as a Ide or PATA for a laptop?? Will it work for
this laptop? This is the one I'm looking at:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152034&Tpk=hm060hc

Thanks.
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The guide:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/CategoryIntelligenceArticle.aspx?articleId=222
The choices:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2000150380+1035907889&name=ATA-6
I use Segate only.
pcbuilder98
 
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